Giant tube worms found living beneath the ocean’s floor | CNN
2024年10月16日 · Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem.
Eunice aphroditois - Wikipedia
Eunice aphroditois is a benthic bristle worm of warm marine waters. It lives mainly in the Atlantic Ocean, but can also be found in the Indo-Pacific. [1] [2] It ranges in length from less than 10 cm (4 in) to 3 m (10 ft). [3] Its exoskeleton displays a wide …
This Creepy Worm Pulls Its Prey Deep Under the Ocean Floor | National ...
2017年1月31日 · In an often deadly game of hide-and-seek, the Bobbit worm hides in the ocean floor, waiting for its next meal. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribeAbout...
5 Awesome (and Occasionally Terrifying) Marine Worms
2015年4月9日 · The iridescent worm buries its body—which can grow up to 10 feet long, making it one of the longest polychaetes in the world—in the sea floor, but leaves its head, with five sensory...
Giant tubeworms discovered at living underneath ocean floor
2024年10月18日 · Giant tubeworms, which are known as the world's heftiest worms and can grow to several feet long, are living with snails and other worms underneath the shallow seafloor crust in...
Deep Sea Explorers Find 'Sassy Sparkler' Worm Living on Ocean Floor
2024年11月8日 · The recent project has deep sea researchers using a 7,055-pound robotic explorer named ROV SuBastian to roam and document the ocean floor off the coast of Chile, where deep marine vents emit...
Tubeworms, snails and other weird creatures found under the …
2024年10月15日 · NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs.
Animals found living under the sea floor for the first time include ...
2024年10月15日 · A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats.
Surprise Discovery Reveals Animal Life Thriving Under The Seafloor
Giant tubeworms attached to the seafloor of the East Pacific Rise. (Schmidt Ocean Institute) In hidden cavities beneath the floor of the deep ocean, in the oases created by hydrothermal activity, whole communities of multicellular animals are living their best lives down in the darkness.
In a First, Scientists Find Animals Thriving Beneath the Ocean Floor …
2024年10月23日 · Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the ocean floor that release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep sea. They form when seawater seeps into Earth’s crust in areas where...